Celebrate good foods, c’mon!
Kate Collier and Eric Gertner, owners of Feast!, celebrate the 10th anniversary of their gourmet food shop Saturday, March 31, from 10am-6pm with tastings from local artisans and food and gift card giveaways. You can even air your love for the shop in a testimony that may get played on 106.1 The Corner. From 10am to 11:30am, get your 5- to 15-year-old kids schooled on packing healthy lunches. From noon-3pm, taste Foggy Ridge Cider with Caromont Farm cheeses, and from 3-6pm, enjoy Claude Thiebaut and his sparkling wine with a spread of signature Feast! goodies.
Gluten be gone
Life in Charlottesville has just gotten a lot sweeter for gluten-intolerants. In January, Linda Newman started Mixing It Up, a gluten-free baking company in her Ruckersville home and now has her muffins, cookies, breads, tortes, brownies, and bars at shops like Atlas Coffee, Calvino Café, The Corner Cup, Greenberry’s, Java Dragon, Rebecca’s, and Yoder’s Sugar & Spice. The Inn at 400 West High serves the goodies to guests and Timberwood Grill serves a warm Mixing It Up brownie topped with vanilla ice cream, crushed heath bar, and whipped cream for dessert. Newman’s perfected what blends of flours work best for what treats and is currently testing recipes for small pies and sandwich breads.
Relay race
It’s hard enough to remember to fill the fridge, let alone with what to fill it. Relay Foods is automating the process and giving our brains a rest with its new automatic scheduled check-out, Relay Refill. Set how often you’d like a particular item on your list and then cash in on the refill discounts—and the hands-free shopping.
